In this recipe, we will use Database Migration Service (DMS) to move an external database into Relational Database Service (RDS).
Unlike many of the other recipes, this will be performed manually through the web console.
Most database migrations are one-off, and there are many steps involved. We suggest that you first perform the process manually via the console before automating it, if required (which you can do with the AWS CLI tool or SDKs).
For this recipe you will need the following:
- An external database
- An RDS database instance
The source database in this example is called employees, so substitute your own database name as required.
Both databases must be accessible from the replication instance that will be created as part of the recipe. The simplest way to do this is to allow access to the databases from the Internet, but obviously this has security implications.
